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CHILDREN FOUND SAFE Five children photo, from left, are Shirley Pearson, 13;
who ran away from an orphanage at Clay- Tula Mae Tester, 12, and Jimmy Pearson,
ton, N.C., and hid overnight In a swamp, 12. The lower photo shows Nina Walker, 6,
were found today, numbed by 15 degree right, and Dennis Walker, 11, in a searcher's
cold but unharmed. The children in top car after they were found. (UPI Telephoto)
Rear-End Mishaps
Involve Vehicles
Stopped for Buses
Two accidents, both involv
ing vehicles stopped behind
school buses picking up chil
dren, were reported this rriorri
ing. -t
Three people were reported
injured in a three - vehicle
rear - end collision about 7:50
o'clock this morning on Table
Rock rd. near Orr dr. A school
bus was stopped on the road
way shoulder to pick up chil
dren. Two cars had stopped on
the highway behind the bus,
and were struck by a third ve
hicle. Details of the accident
and extent of injuries were
not immediately available.
A similar accident, involv
ing two cars, occurred about
8:30 a.m. yesterday on High
way 62 about four miles north
of Medford. A car operated by
Mrs. Wanda Leonard Brown,
46, of 19 Stewart ave., Med
ford, stopped on the highway
when a school bus halted on
the highway shoulder, police
aid.
A car operated by John Al
lan Stetler, 39, of 1327 Saling
St., Medford, crashed into the
rear of the Brown vehicle.
State police said a complaint
would be filed against Sete
ler for following too close.
Police appealed to motor
ists to allow more time during
foggy, freezing weather than
they normally do to reach
their destinations. Most rear
end accidents could be pre
vented, they said.
Driving is more hazardous
in fog, police noted, but they
said, "There is no reason to
make it even more hazard
ous." Permit Issued for
New Newberry Store
Medford's city building de
partment today issued the
building permit for a new
Newberry department store to
be erected at the Medford
Shopping center.
The permit was In the
amount of $533,000. The new
store will be two stories high
and its architectural design
will fit the design of the rest
of the shopping center buildings.
Permanent License
System Being Considered
Salem
Gov. Mark
Hatfield said today he may
recommend to the 1961 legis
lature a "permanent" car
licensing system would would
eliminate annual renewals
and save the state $1 mllllion
a biennium.
The program would affect
autos but not trucks, trailers
and trailer houses.
Hatfield said the legislature
probably will be faced with
three alternatives: 1. Continu
ing the present program, 2.
Auto Traffic Ban
On Cannon Beach
Deferred for Study
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Highway Commission today
deferred action on a controv
ersial request to ban car traf
fic on Cannon Beach.
Acting Chairman Kenneth
Fridley, Wasco," noted there
are two hotly opposing sides
and the matter needs ("more
study."'
A group of Portland resl-
One Person Still
On Critical List
One of seven persons in
jured in week end automobile
accidents remained in critical
condition today at Sacred
Heart hospital.
The hospital listed Julian
A. Marks, 53, of the Veterans
administration Domicil i a r y,
White City, still in critical
condition. He was injured in
an accident on Highway 62
Friday.
Carl Richard Harrison, 32,
of 56 Perrydale ave., Medford,
was reported improved at Sa
cred Heart hospital. '
Harrison was operator of
a pickup truck involved in
the accident Friday on High
way 62. State police said Har
rison was alone in the pickup
truck. An earlier report, made
from a preliminary investi
gation at the accident scene,
indicated there may. have
been someone else in the ve
hicle with Harrison, but later,
more complete reports show
ed he was alone.
Kenneth Dean Gorman, 54,
of 2722 Merriman rd., Med
ford, was expected to be dis
charged from Sacred Heart
hospital today. Mildred V.
Gorman was listed as in sat
isfactory, condition, and John
James Beaman, 53, of 32 Myr
tle st., Medford, was listed
in good condition. They were
injured in an accident Sun
day. Frank Frederick Ewald and
Orvella Ada Ewald, who also
were injured in the accident
Sunday, were listed in serious
condition at Rogue Valley hos
pital. Installing an electronic data
processing system, or 3. Going
to a permanent licensing plan
whereby a plate would be
good for the lifetime of the
car.
Hatfield said he hoped the
new program would eliminate
many forms, postage and
space. Personnel retiring or
resigning would not be re
placed, he said, thus cutting
the number of persons em
ployed over a two or three
year period.
dents who own homes at the
beach favor the ban on cars,
claiming the beach has be
come dangerous to walk on.
But Cannon Beach city of
ficials,1 tjocal . residents and
t-iatsop county officials op
pose removal of cars from the
beacb. f. v ; , . a .
They propose a speed limit
of 15 miles per hour, ".strictly
enforced."
Said Not Funny
Portland attorney David H.
Greenberg, one of the Cannon
Beach area property owners,
told the commission trying to
restrict the speed "doesn't
mean anything." He said hot
rodders try to "come as close
to you as they can. , It isn't
funny."
He said the commission will
"regret it" if they don't ban
cars because someone some
day will be killed or seriously
hurt. He read an editorial
from the Oregon Journal sup
porting the traffic removal.
An Albany delegation called
for improvements of highways
in the Albany area, especially
construction of a second
bridge over the Willamette
River. E. R. Bennett, presi
dent of the Albany Chamber
of Commerce, headed the
group, which included Albany
Mayor W. L. Fitzpatrick and
other city and chamber of
ficials. Improvement Urged
A 13-member coast delega
tion urged improvement of the
Coast highway, U.S. 101 and
Tillamook County Judge O. E.
Effenberger said he is "disap
pointed" because the area has
been neglected as far as high
way construction.
Vernon Ayers of Newport,
manager of the Oregon Coast
Association, said the commis
sion spent $400 million on
highways in the past five
yi rs but only $20 million on
101, the state's third busiest
route.
Ayers said the Columbia
River ferry system at Astoria
is "obsolete" and urged the
commission to improve it. The
present system cannot handle
the volume of traffic, he said.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley tot throuRh
Wednesday morning. Cloudy
Above tog tonight becoming
partly cloudy Wednesday after
noon. Chance of occasional light
rain Wednesday. Low tonight
30, High tomorrow 15.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 47
Lowest This Morning .... 28
PRECIPITATION
To 9 p.m. Yesterday None
To 10 a.m. Today - None
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:39 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrw .... 7:33 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow...... 2:59 a.m.
New Moon Dec, 18
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Cassiopeia (The Lady In the
Chair), high In north 7:34 p.m.
The brighter stars of this group
form a wide "W" in the iky.
Well below them Is the North
Star.
Poirade
Alliances With
Russia, China
Are Demanded
Castroite Cuba
Slogans Screamed
Guayaquil-IUPB-Anti- Amer
ican mobs surged through the
streets of Ecuador's principal
cities Monday night, scream
ing slogans, of Castroite Cuba
and demanding friendship or
even alliances with Russia
and Red China.
At least four rioters and
two policemen were injured
in this big Pacific port and a
U.S. consular car was burned
before hastily summoned
troops managed to disperse a
huge student mob.
Similar disorders - but no
casualties - were reported in
Quito, the Ecuadorean capital,
where Interior Minister Man
ual Araujo told demonstrators
that if necessary "we will ally
ourselves with Russia."
President Principal Speaker
President Jose M. Velasco
Ibarra was the principal
speaker at a mass meeting
that touched off the biggest
demonstrations of the day in
Guayaquil. Police and troops
blocked efforts to attack tne
U.S. consulate and the American-owned
power company
here.
The riots were an out
growth of Ecuador's so-far-unsuccessful
efforts to set
aside a 20-year-old treaty de
ciding a years-old boundary
dispute in favor of Peru, bor
dering this country on the
south and east.
Repudiates Treaty "
One of Velasco's first acts
when he began his fourth
term as president Sept. 1 was
to announce that Ecuador
would no longer honor the
treaty. ,
The United States, Argen
tina," Brazil and . Chile, as
guarantors of the agreement,
ruled last week that Ecuador
alone could not annul it. Hos
tile demonstrations began at
once, flaring ultimately into
wild disorders.
Although Monday night's
outbreak was directed princi
pally at the United States, the
rioters also denounced the
other three guarantor nations.
shopping days left
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CONSTRUCTION WORK Giant earth movers, above, and
other heavy equipment, currently working in the vicinity
of the Biddle-Hilton rd. Intersection south of Medfor,d air
port are being used in the construction of the new service
road for Medford Corporation log trucks. The road is part
Eastern States
Face Hardships;
Mercury Plunges
New York (UPD Residents
of 14 eastern states faced an
other 48 hours of post-blizzard
hardships today in record low
temperatures that hampered
dig-out, get-moving opera
tions. The death toll of the Worst
coastal show storm since 1947
rose to '181. Many of the fa
talities were due to heart at
tacks suffered by snow shovel-
ers attempting- to clear Sun
day's and Monday's fall of up
to 20 inches.
The mercury plummeted to
below 10 degrees in many sec
tions of the storm area,
stretching from Virginia to
Maine and west into the Plains
States, with little relief in
sightTemperatures were ex
pected to stay below freezing
through Wednesday.
Skies cleared but most
cleanup officials predicted
that it would take two days
to open up main arteries of
traffic to normal movement.
Strong winds buffeted work
men and shifted new drifts of
powdery snow over roads and
streets just freed of accumula
tions as deep as four feet.
Low temperature records
for Dec. 13 toppled like ten
pins in dozens of cities. It was
one degree below zero in
Buffalo, N. Y., breaking a 65
year record, and at the Pitts
burgh airport; 7.4 in New
York, breaking an 88-year
record; and a record-smashing
3 degrees in Hartford,
Conn., and 8 degrees in both
Philadelphia and Newark,
N. J.
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After AH"
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
Experiment of Fog
Dispersal Awaits
Colder Variety
Although there has been
considerable fog in the Rogue
valley during the past two
a ays, tne city oi ivieaiorq
fog dispersal experiment will
have to wait until a colder
variety of fog comes along,
Apirt Manager Gil Gutjahr
said today.
The experiment, which will
Involve dry ice chips dropped
from a balloon, could only be
successful in super-cooled fog,
Gutjahr said, or one having a
temperature of below 32 de
grees. The fog during the past
two days has not been that
cold, he said.
Jury Finds for
Ashland Resident
A Jackson county circuit
court jury brought in a ver
dict of $1,000 for Benjamin
Christlieb, 35S Otis St., Ash
land, after approximately 30
minutes' deliberation last
night.
Christlieb was seeking $4,-
225 for loss of earnings, $20,
000 in genral damages, $15,
000 in punitive damages and
$249.95 in special damages to
cover medical expenses. The
suit resulted from an accident
on John Billings' farm north
of Ashland Oct. 12, 19S8.
The jury's verdict was for
compensatory damages. No
punitive damages were allow
ed. -
In the final arguments, Rob
bert Duncan, Medford lawyer,
and Richard Cottle, Ashland
lawyer, argued that there was
evidence to show wanton mis
conduct and negligence on the
part of Billings. Joel Reeder,
Medford lawyer, representing
Billings, argued that there
was no evidence to show wan
ton misconduct for negligence.
The -Medford legal firm of
Jones, Reeder and Bashaw
represented Billings.
The accident occured when
Christleib and a companion,
Richard McKInnis, also of Ash
land, went onto Billings' land
to retrieve a pheasant they
shot, according to evidence
presented. While the two were
walking toward Chrlstleib's
fence, Christleib was struck
by Billings' car and was in
jured, it was alleged.
Bulletin
Washington- (DPII -Robert
S. McNamara, youthful
president of the Ford Motor
Co., was tapped today by
Preiideni-elect John F. Ken
nedy to run the mulli
billion dollar Defense De
partment in the new administration.
Icyacodir
Tribune
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13,
of the alterations brought about by construction of the
new freeway. The service road will cross over Blddle rd.
on an elevated structure at the point shown above, and
over the freeway some distance to the left of the picture.
. As soon as super-cooled fog
occtirs; the experiment will be
- according to uui)anr
The necessary, equipment - a
vehicle, balloons and dry ice -
is all prepared and ready for
use. -. .
Pulled By Vehicle
Under the experiment, ' the
vehicle Will pull the balloon,
to which is attached the ;dry
ice, along the runway. If the
experiment is successful
chemical reaction caused by
the dry ice would then dis
perse the fog enough for air
planes to land.
The experiment is being
financed jointly by the city
of Medford and United Air
Lines. It is to be the first
experiment of its kind con
ducted anywhere in the U.S.
on a regular basis.
Gutjahr said results of the
experiment will not be made
public until after the fog
season Is over. A report will
then be released, he said, out
lining the success or failure of
the project.
Gutjahr said that so far this
year the valley is experienc
ing less than .its normal
amount of fog.
Normally, the valley would
have had from 12 to 15 days
of fog at this time, but this
year there has so far been
only two. Today's fog was the
first to hamper operations at
the municipal airport.
Gas Refund Claim
Forms Simplified
Salem - (UPD - Beginning
Jan. 1 farmers and others who
seek refunds on gas purchased
for non-highway purposes can
use a new simplified form for
claims, the Oregon Motor Ve
hicles department has an
nounced. The new form eliminates
many details required on the
present form. It will be avail
able at all gasoline wholesale
distributors and offices of the
department.
Ontario Youngster Braves
Flames To Rescue Two Young Brothers
Ontario, Ore. (UPB A little
boy who twice braved a "wall
of flames" Monday night to
save two younger brothers
from death by fire rested sat
isfactorily in a local hospital
today.
Spotted Flames
Jerry Davis, 11, son of Mr.
and Mrs. . Loren Davis, On
tario, was burned on the
hands, edrs and face when a
blaze apparently started by
childish play with matches
burned his family's home.
Jerry was outside the house
emptying garbage about 7
p.m. when he spotted flames
and smoke coming from an
55th Year , Price 10 Cents
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Solutions Seen If
Legislature Has
Money Problems
Salem - (UPB - Oregon legis
lators attending a week-long
fiscal briefing here were told
Monday that if money be
comes a problem In the 1961
Aessfon.. such itnmji AH n nnw
I library at Oregon state Cot
I , -
lege and a humanities build
ing at University of Oregon
could be delayed two years.
Kenneth Bragg of Salem,
state fiscal officer, made the
remark during an analysis of
Gov. Mark Hatfield's 1961-63
budget.
Hatfield has proposed both
buildings for the next bien
nium. The library Would cost
$2,515,000 and the humanities
building $1,035,000.
Another Angle
Bragg said another angle
might be to delay construction
of the new campus at Oregon
Technical Institute at Klam
ath Falls, and then build it
more quickly Instead of piece
meal over the next six years.
A feasibility study of this
would be necessary however,
he said.
The general picture pre
sented to the legislators so far
that Oregon s financial pic
ture is good. '
Shaw Reelected
To Union Post
Robert Shaw, Medford, wan
reelected to another three
year term as secretary-treasurer
of Teamsters Local union
962 in balloting over the past
few days, it was reported this
morning.
The balloting resulted In
381 votes for Shaw and 108
for the opposing candidate,
Paul Hopkins, Medford.
The local union, which has
some 1.000 members, includes
Teamsters in Medford, Grants
Pass and Roseburg. Shaw won
in all three cities. Voting in
Medford was conducted yes
terday, and in Roseburg and
Grants Pass late last week.
upstairs bedroom window In
the two-story frame home. He
ran back into the house to
alert his mother who was pre
paring supper. His father had
not yet returned home from
work.
Leaped Through Flames
Then the youngster ran up
stairs to one of the bedrooms
He leaped through a sheet of
flame blocking the doorway
and picked up a 2-year-old
brother who was croutkwd in
one corner of the fiw-Mled
room. He carried the toddler
back through the flames and
handed him to Mrs. Davis
who was on the stairway
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Boivin Appears
To Have Winning
Number of Votes
19 Counties Indicate
Support of Corbett
Salem-IUPD - Popular Demo
cratic support favoring Sen,
Alfred Corbett of Portland
for 1961 Oregon Senate presi
dent was swelling today but
the fact remained that his op
ponent, Sen. Harry Boivin of
Klamath Falls appeared to
have a winning number of
votes.
Party officials said Demo.
cratic central committees or
their executive boards in 19 '
counties indicate support of
Corbett.
Partv Chairman Robert
Straub of Eugene, leading the
fight for Corbett, said he was
"delighted."
Two More Than Needed
But Boivin held firm, claim
ing the votes of 18 senators-
nine Democrats and nine Re
publicans. This is two over .
that necessary to elect.
date, Boivin the conservative.
Those counties indicating
support of Corbett were Wash
ington, Clackamas, Multno- -
mah, Lane, Deschutes, Uma- ;
tilla, Clatsop, Tillamook, Har
ney, Coos, Curry, Union, Yam
hill, Benton, Polk, Lincoln,
Malheur, Marion and Jose
phine. Some Conflict
There was a conflict in
three counties between the :
committee supporting Corbett
and the senator from the coun
ty supporting Boivin. They "
were Multnomah, Josephina
and Clatsop. In Multnomah.
Sens. Alice Corbett, Thomas
Mahoney and Walter Pear
son support Boivin but tha
county committee favors Cor
bett. The same applies tor
Sen. B. D. Potts of Grants
Pass in Josephine and Sen.
Daniel Thiel of Astoria in
Clatsop county.'.
Resolution Approved
The Marion county excutive
board approved a resolution
I Mondav. night calling for tha
majority, to elect tne senate
president and supporting
Straub for his efforts to as
sure this.
Corbett claims the votes ot
12 of the 20 Democratic sen
ators and although it is a
majority of the Democrats it
is not enough to win the presi
dency. Democrats control tha
Senate 20-10.
Senate President Pearson
was being urged to call a
caucus to thrash out the prob
lem but Pearson said this
morning he was not con
templating one. He did not
rule out the possibility of call
ing one either later today or
later this week while most of
the senators are here for a
pre-legislative fiscal confer
ence.
Senator To Be
Named Tomorrow
County Judge Earl Miller
said today the appointment of
new state senator will ba
announced at 11 a.m. tomor
row. The announcement of tha
person who will fill the spot
vacated by Congressman-elect
Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Repub
lican, was originally sched
uled for today, ,
However, the announce
ment has been delayed fur
ther, possibly to allow tha
county court to explore pub
lic opinion further. ' County
Judge Miller said he plans to
visit Ashland today to con
sider other opinions.
I have had my choice pre
pared for two weeks," County
Commissioner Ralph James.
only Democrat on the three-
member court, said this morn.
ing.
PROMISES BLAMED
Washington-IUPD-Sen. Barry
Goldwater, (R-Arlz.), claimed
today that Democratic plat
form promises are partly to
blame for the nation's unem
ployment rise.
Wall of
The Davises have
children in all and the moth
er and Jerry began a nose
count, The 4-year-old was
missing. -
Lifted Over Bannister
The boy and his mother re
turned to the stairway but
flames prevented them from
reaching the upstairs floor.
Then the mother lifted Jerry .
up over the bannister. Ha
went into another bedroom,
found the 4-year-old and car
ried him back to safety.
Only Jerry was burned. Tha
mother and the two younger
brothers escaped harm.